Employability Skills Valued by Employers as Important for Entry-Level Employees With and Without Disabilities Academic Article

abstract

• Individuals with disabilities face persistent challenges in gaining meaningful employment. One of the barriers to successful employment is a lack of employability skills. The purpose of this study was to identify employability skills that employers value as being important and to examine whether employers have different expectations for individuals with and without disabilities. One hundred sixty-eight employers from different industries participated in this survey study. Employers considered certain skills as essential for all entry-level employees; however, there were noticeable differences between employers expectations for employees with and without disabilities. Different expectations were also found between male and female respondents and between employers from service/business areas and those from science/technology areas. Implications of study findings are discussed.

authors

• Zhang, Dalun

published proceedings

• CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION FOR EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Ju, S., Zhang, D., & Pacha, J.

citation count

• 67

complete list of authors

• Ju, Song||Zhang, Dalun||Pacha, Jacqueline

publication date

• May 2012

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals  Journal

keywords

• Career Development
• Disability
• Employability
• Employer
• Expectation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0885728811419167

start page

• 29

end page

• 38

volume

• 35

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F0885728811419167

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education